Showing Results for solid-shapes

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

This science project teaches students to classify different shapes of leaves.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

The objective of this science fair project idea is to determine if sound travels best through the air, water or a solid.

Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

This science fair project idea examines whether adding gelatin causes a solid to have a higher melting point and/or melt slower.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

In this activity, your child will make her own "quicksand" to better understand how a substance can be both fluid and solid at the same time.

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

Science fair project that develops latent fingerprints on a non-porous objects by converting superglue from a solid state to a gaseous state.

What are the effects of fertilizer on plant growth? What's the best fertilizer type (solid, liquid or powder)? Kids find out in this science fair project idea.

In this experiment, students find out what happens when a less-dense fluid interacts with a denser one, replicating the effect of cooler solid rock on magma.

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

This science fair project idea develops an understanding through experimentation of which shapes are the most structurally strong.

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

Here is a fun middle school science project on factors affecting solubility. Learn how dissolved solids can "crash out" to form crystals when conditions change.

In this science fair project, kids observe the expansion of liquids when frozen and determine if some liquids expand more than others in the freezing process.

This surprisingly good glue recipe comes from common kitchen items.

In this 3rd grade science activity, you'll experiment with the little-known fourth state of matter: polymers! Mix borax with white glue and watch what happens.

How does frost form? How fast does it form? Do this simple science project using a plastic glass, rock salt and some water to learn about deposition.

Kids will love making sugar crystals in this sugar crystal science fair project which teaches important chemistry concepts like saturation and solubility.

Before your treat your child (and yourself!) to a yummy snack, help her learn a little about Sir Isaac Newton's First Law of Motion!

How does distance affect the spreading of light? Kids see diffraction and the inverse square law of light in action with this great science fair project idea.

This science fair project idea examines the reason boats are shaped and engineered.

Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

In this plastic wrap science fair project, you'll learn about polymer permeability and find out which plastic wrap keeps food from dehydrating best.